Seriously, the way I've usually seen it politely worded at works is something like "Due to the design of the safety system on this ride, guests with unusual body proportions may be unable to participate." Or "especially large guests may be unable to ride". (I like the first one better)

Cedar Point (which owns Knott's Berry Farm) even has test seats you can get into without waiting in line.

Alright now, you guys know damn well when you come here that there are insensitive people. I can understand ya'lls desire to not make fun of death, but for some people (including myself), I find humor is the best way of dealing with heavy issues. If you find it offensive, then ignore it. No one is going to stop being insensitive, and all you will accomplish is a flame war.

Man, Five kids... I hate to hear that.I don't know what to say about this.

I had read about a 300+ lb woman who wanted to get special treatment on airplanes because she couldn't fit into a standard economy seat. She sued the Airlines under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

I hear you. I'm sure a week from now I'll feel the same way. It's just....well, last Thursday I sat in Synagogue and someone who lost her brother at the WTC was sobbing loudly, and I haven't been sleeping too well since.

"People with [extra] weight are somewhat fluid,and their body reshapes."

Isn't that from an episode of "The X-Files"?

Reminds me of those toys - I don't know what they're called - that are difficult to hold 'cus you squeeze one end and they ooze out the other. Rather than bars, they should instead use a tightly woven mesh net to restrain fat people.

Well yes tamater, we agree that heavy people have feeling also, but we're only making fun of Fatties! Big, huge, obese, fluid fatties!The merely heavy or big boned may continue to have feelings with our full support.

I recall an early episode of The Practice, in which Camryn Manheim (sp?) was trying a case on behalf of a morbidly obese woman. this woman was suing a carnival because the guy in the dunk tank ridiculed her as a means of drumming up business. CM's character argued that it was high time fat ppl stopped taking abuse; that it's time for fat ppl to say NO MORE!

thought I was gona piss myself I laughed so hard at that - I thought "yeah, and start saying 'no more' at the farking TABLE fatass!!!"

eat to live, do not live to eat. that mantra helped me drop 90lbs, and I did NOT use a diet plan. just watched what I ate because I was sick of being a big pear-shaped, flabby fatass. my best friend almost had to shoot me due to a teen age pact regarding our weight (if I EVER get THAT big...)

I think there is nothing wrong with banning fat people, you can be banned on basis of height (i.e. being a midget or dwarf). Though I am sure there will be lawsuits, which really make me sick. People not wanting to take responsiblity for their actions and blaming others.

And if you really think about it, we are only making fun of fat people to urge them through societal pressures to lose weight for their own good. WE ARE SAINTS!PRAISE FARKERS!One day we can, together, stamp out fattieness!

Nothing whatsoever wrong with banning fat people from situations where it's unsafe for them or others, absolutely--so long as it really is because of safety and not because they're not the "kind of look we're after" (a quote I have actually heard). And when I fly, I either pay for first class or pay for two seats (which normally works, except for the one time this idiot booking agent put them in two different rows). There are implications to having a different size than everyone else. And while I think laughing over someone dying is over the edge, I've got two big complaints over fat jokes.

1. They're boring. Most of them don't go beyond "Don't you get it? He/she is FAT. That's the punch line. Fat. Fat. Why aren't you laughing?"

2. The double standard. Take Eddie Murphy's "Nutty Professor". Wonder how he'd feel if I (click on the name to see a picture of my pale pink face) did a remake where, with makeup to look like a black person, I felt unworthy and unlovable so created a potion to turn myself white and became the life of the party. But, eventually, I learn my lesson and need to love myself and become white one hue at a time.

I see fatties go on roller coasters all the time. They must have something else messed up with their bodies. I heard the ones that usually get "fatapulted" usually have a big fat stomach and little bird legs. So it is usually unproportioned fatties that die.

People are built according to their own genetic encoding.Free will comes in when we discuss maintainence of health.Ishidan (begging your pardon, Ish.) is clearly, from his profile pic, ectomorphic, to use the old term. His best option is probably to get truly big by doing heavy, sumo-style squats, and heavy bench-presses, and by eating big. He will never be slender, but there is a breed of women out there who like big, protective teddy-bears. So it might not matter to him.

Say what you will about genetics, but the simple fact remains that if you eat more calories than you burn, you gain weight, and vice versa. Simple things, like switching to (sorry, I gotta say it) light beer, or diet soda helps. Besides, worry more about body fat % than weight, it's a better indicator of overall health.

I sure hope her family doesn't think they can sue (I can see another link from Fark now...under Asinine). It was her fault she was so darned fat! No one MADE her eat all those goodies! I'm a bit overweight myself (but not THAT bad) and once this baby is born I'm darn well going to do something about it!

If they can have height restrictions for people's safety, they can darn well have weight restrictions. I understand myself I can't go on rides because I'm pregnant (not that I want to but that's beside the point) because a) I could risk losing my baby and b) they're covering their asses. Understandable.